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Les habitants de la route de Moscou sont piégés à leur domicile depuis le passage de Fiona. Des câbles électriques haute tension « jonchent le sol et l’unique route qui mène chez eux est devenue impraticable.
Si la plupart des sinistrés sont connus du grand public, il en est d’autres qui le sont bien moins, et qui plus est, vivent parfois dans des endroits très retirés. C’est le cas de ces rares habitants du lieu-dit Moscou, sur les hauteurs de Trois-Rivières. Cette section est accessible par la route de Palmiste puis du Bassin bleu sur les hauteurs de Gourbeyre. Selon l’un des riverains, ce n’est qu’arrivé au pont, que l’on serait à Trois-Rivières. Depuis les pluies diluviennes générées par la tempête Fiona, environ cinq familles sont bloquées là-haut. Les câbles électriques sont au sol, la route déjà fortement dégradée est devenue impraticable depuis les fortes pluies.
Selon Romuald Simon, résident de Moscou, « un de ses voisins, malade du cœur, n’a pu honorer son rendez-vous chez le cardiologue. Il s’agissait pour lui d’une visite destinée à préparer une opération du cœur. Deux autres n’ont pas pu se rendre au travail, un autre est invalide, et un autre encore ne peut pas faire monter la nourriture pour ses animaux. » Certains se rendent à pied jusqu’à une certaine limite, après quoi une navette les embarque pour aller faire leurs courses. Face l’inertie des pouvoirs publics, l’un des riverains serait prêt pour faire face à l’urgence de la situation, à céder provisoirement une parcelle de son terrain pour la mise en place d’une déviation de la route de Moscou. Ce chemin passerait ainsi à gauche, le temps nécessaire pour la réfection de la route de Moscou. Les habitants ne comprennent pas qu’aucune décision n’ait été prise pour sortir les personnes pour qui il s’agit d’une « priorité absolue. » « Je vous rappelle qu’habituellement une ambulance vient ici tous les deux jours, sort son brancard, va chercher la personne souffrance d’insuffisance respiratoire, repasse dans tous les trous, avec toutes les difficultés que cela suppose, il serait donc bon d’agir », poursuit un habitant du quartier.
Par endroit, les câbles électriques ont été mis à nu ou sont tombés ; à cet endroit le passage d’un véhicule est impossible.
– FLB
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During a New York city town hall event on September 24, Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre shared the recommendations from both the Ministry of Economic Development and an independent committee on the most prudent options to proceed with the St. Jude Hospital construction project.
Two reviews from separate entities have arrived at similar conclusions.
Resuming construction on the original construction (Phase I) site remains the best option for the patients, hospital workers and Saint Lucia.
More from Rehani Isidore.
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SOURCE: Office of the Prime Minister/ SLT
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El alcalde de Guaynabo, Edward O’Neill, dio en el programa Noches Con Sentido de RADIO ISLA , que la administración de LUMA Energy, no escucha a “los que están abajo”.
“Para ellos nosotros somos unos indios con taparrabos. No hacen nada. Yo no tengo problemas con ellos trabajando, pero la alta gerencia tiene que tener más comunicación con los de abajo y tienen que dirigirse más a los alcaldes, ya que ellos no hicieron una transición, ellos hicieron un cambio, que es más difícil todavía”.
Asimismo, el mandatario municipal dijo que deben escuchar más las recomendaciones de los alcaldes.
“Ahora en esta emergencia, deberían escuchar un poco más a los alcaldes, que saben dónde está la bomba de agua , de donde se alimenta, donde están los centros de envejecientes , las cosas esenciales en cada municipio”, afirmó .
De igual forma, O’Neill expuso que LUMA Energy debe ser fiscalizada.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS – MESSAGE
PRESS RELEASE – The Ministry of Creative Industries and Innovation – MCII is pleased to present the 41st Independence Schedule of Events commencing from Saturday 22nd October to Tuesday 1st November 2022.
The Ministry of Creative Industries and Innovation is sending out a clarion call to all Residents, Citizens and Friends of Antiguan and Barbuda to participate and celebrate in ALL of our 41st Anniversary of Independence activities.
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INDEPENDENCE VENDORS REGISTRATION COMMENCES:
The Ministry of Creative Industries and Innovations is undergoing preparations to commemorate our 41st Independence Anniversary celebrations.
In this regard, we are presently accepting vendors registration for the following:
Thursday 27th October, Independence School’s Youth Rally at Antigua Recreation Grounds
Monday 31st October, Independence School’s Panorama at Antigua Recreation Grounds
Tuesday 01st November, Independence Food Fair at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Vendor Fees are as follows:
Independence Food Fair
10×10 = $200.00
Additional 10ft tent side is a $100.00
Independence School’s Youth Rally
Vendor Fee $150.00
Independence School’s Panorama
Vendor Fee $150.00
All vendors will be refunded $50.00 once the allocated spot is left clean by the close of the event
Add on: Generator access will incur an additional $50.00
Vendor’s registration forms may be obtained, Mondays to Thursdays – 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Fridays- 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. from the Culture Office on Lower Nevis Street.
The registration deadline is Friday 14th October 2022.
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A brazen bandit pretending to be job-hunting walked into Southern Specialist Medical Centre, Quenca Street, San Fernando, and robbed an employee of a pair of gold bracelets on Tuesday afternoon.
Police confirmed that around 2 pm, the man walked into the clinic’s MRI department in the basement and encountered a receptionist who was sitting just inside the door.
She was wearing a pair of gold legacy bracelets she inherited from her mother on her death.
Police said the bandit grabbed the bracelets off the receptionist’s wrist and ran out.
There were no security guards at the building at the time.
San Fernando police told the Newsday they are relying on CCTV footage from the hospital and a description from the victim, and are confident the culprit will soon be held.
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Ernst & Young Caribbean executive chairman Wade George.
ERNST & Young (EY) Caribbean executive chairman Wade George called for an easier access to incentivising tax breaks for local businesses, addressing the post-budget analysis of the TT Chamber of Industry and Commerce on Tuesday at the Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain.
Tax breaks exist, he said, but were not easily accessible.
“Consolidate all incentives into a business facilitation unit,” George said.
Speaking on the theme of the business environment he urged an end to red tape for existing incentives, saying, “We don’t need more incentives.”
George reiterated the point later during the panel discussion, when he lamented that it often takes a business months to get a simple certificate from a ministry before an application process can even be begun. He called for the establishment of a team of young people drawn from each relevant ministry to work together in a business facilitation unit, to increase access to incentives for local businesses.
Moderator Maria Daniel remarked that she thought that had been the role of ExportTT, and wondered if something had been missing.
Otherwise George also called the business sector to account. He asked if businesses should be content simply to profit by buying and selling imported items, or should strive for import substitution, export markets, foreign-exchange earnings, and job creation.
“Are we willing to take the risks to do something not only for our businesses but for the country?”
George said the US offices of his employer EY had employed expertise based at EY in Trinidad and Tobago which was cheaper than US-based staff and also provided foreign-exchange earnings for TT.
“The thinking should be, ‘How can we solve the problems?’ without complaining all the time.”
Hadco co-CEO John Hadad said his company was always open to new ideas presented to it, speaking on the theme Growing Traditional Businesses through Vision and Diversification.
“You’d be surprised at the things that come at you.”
Saying the firm was built on borrowed money, he quipped that every bank in TT owned a piece of Hadco.
Hadad traced how Hadco had begun as a local distributor in TT but then expanded to distribution overseas such as in the US. Hadco had also started making things like ice cream, he said, leveraging its distribution expertise to get its product quickly to market.
He said Hadco was involved in recycling as a business, involving materials such as batteries, cardboard and plastics. Anticipating a tyre recycling plant within four months time, he quipped, “We’ll be making gym mats before we ship the (rubber) powder abroad.”
Hadad said his company was also involved in fisheries, a steelpan-making co-operative and two eco-tourism sites, including the Asa Wright Nature Centre. He hailed TT’s feat of being recognised globally as “a bastion of turtle conservation.” Hadad said the company was considering an initial public offering.
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The Industrial Court clock, Port of Spain. – SUREASH CHOLAI
THE final hurdle has been cleared for the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to go ahead with its transformational plan.
On Tuesday, the Industrial Court dismissed an industrial relations offence by the Public Services Association (PSA) which sought to prevent WASA from engaging in its restructuring exercise.
A statement from the authority said it was grateful to receive the court’s guidance and now all legal hurdles have been cleared, it “intends to and will comply with the principles of good industrial relations practice throughout the implementation of the restructuring process, including consulting with the recognised majority unions in good faith.”
There was no statement from the PSA.
In March, the court dismissed the PSA’s application for an injunction. It said then it was clear the parties had met several times to discuss the restructuring.
In its ruling on Tuesday, the court’s members Lawrence Achong, Aden Stroude and Vincent Cabrera held the decision on the injunction was sufficiently conclusive.
They said drawing from that judgment, they had noted that “the authority met with the PSA no fewer than 115 times before talks on restructuring were halted.
“This stoppage…occurred immediately prior to the major onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic and at a time when the authority itself was undergoing several changes in leadership.”
Central to that court’s deliberations. they said, “was also the unrefuted finding that at the time in question there was no formulated plan for the authority’s future.”
Stroude, who delivered the decision, said the sole point of divergence between the parties was the stage at which collective bargaining should occur.
“On that question, the court found that collective bargaining should take place after the authority or the PSA has prepared and formulated its position.
“Further, the court alluded to the apparent willingness of the authority to engage in collective bargaining.
It said this was by no means a trivial matter, and both parties acknowledged the issue of restructuring required collective bargaining, “but as outlined that point is moot when policies have not yet been defined by the authority.”
As a result, Stroude said further proceedings were unnecessary in the public’s interest.
The court also said it considered that WASA had always indicated an intention to consult with the PSA at the appropriate time and had met with the PSA 115 times already and “therefore could not be said to be acting in bad faith.
Stroude also said the court agreed with the previous position that WASA’s duty to negotiate did not require it to do so before completing and submitting its plan to the minister or Government.
He referred to the previous ruling on the issue, saying the court had addressed the issue of when negotiations should be mandated.
“It expressed the clear and well-reasoned view that such negotiations should occur after distinct guidelines had been issued by the Government.
“It reasoned that only the Government as ‘financier’ would know its finances as well as what items would fall within its reach.”
In July, Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales announced Cabinet’s approval for WASA to undertake the restructuring.
The first phase involved reducting executive management staff by 50 per cent.
Representing the PSA at the Industrial Court was Lord John Hendy, KC. Reginald Armour, SC, represented WASA before he took office as attorney general. Senior Counsel Gilbert Peterson and Kerwin Garcia appeared for the AG.
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BUSINESSMAN Inshan Ishmael has won his malicious prosecution lawsuit against the State after his arrest in 2016 for allegedly being involved in a public protest outside the Guardian Media building in Chaguanas.
At his trial on Tuesday, Ishmael described his arrest and prosecution as “lies and falsehoods.”
Ishmael and self-employed businessman Devendra Partap sued the State for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment.
On Tuesday, Ishmael and Partap testified at the malicious prosecution trial at the Judicial Waterfront Centre, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, before Justice Ricky Rahim. After the trial, Rahim awarded both men damages for unlawful arrest and false imprisonment from 4.30 pm on July 25 to 4 am the next day. Both men also received general damages, aggravated and exemplary damages for malicious prosecution. The amount of compensation each man will receive is to be quantified by a Master.
In his ruling, Rahim said, in particular, the actions of the police against Partap were egregious. He said the evidence was that he was simply a passer-by when he was arrested and the consequences of it for him had been dire mentally. Partap had to be warded at St Ann’s Hospital for a short period.
In his lawsuit, he said he was unable to find work and became depressed and suicidal. During the trial at the magistrates’ court, the magistrate had to provide counselling for him because he appeared visibly distressed.
Rahim also said he did not believe the evidence of the police when they said the two men went to the front of the police bus and began to protest with placards.
At the time, it was alleged that Ishmael and two others were part of a demonstration outside the newspaper’s offices over a column which appeared on July 6, the Eid holiday, headlined “How not to be killed by Islamists.”
Ishmael was initially charged with leading a protest, and the two others with protesting without a permit. The charge against Ishmael was amended during the prosecution in the magistrates’ court to participating in a protest without a permit.
After appearing in court 23 times, and spending $39,000 in legal fees, on May 10, 2018, they were found not guilty of the incident, which allegedly took place on July 25, 2016.
Ishmael said he was at the Guardian building because an imam had told him about the gathering there and he went with his cameraman, Wasim Daniel, to cover the event. Ishmael owns and runs the Islamic Broadcast Network (IBN).
Daniel was also part of the claim but did not show up at Tuesday’s trial.
Partap said he had only got off a bus on the Uriah Butler Highway with the intention of walking into Chaguanas to get a taxi to San Fernando when he was arrested. Both men denied they had placards.
Ishmael said he and his worker were dressed in T-shirts with the IBN logo, while Partap was just nearby. He said he was called out by a police officer who arrived at about 4 pm with 20 others in a police bus. In all, he said there were about 50 police officers at the scene, and the gathering was on private property belonging to the media house.
He said he repeatedly asked why he was being arrested but was pushed into the police bus.
“It was a public spectacle.”
Ishmael said it was “totally false” to say he was involved in the protest and maintains in his lawsuit that he was targeted by the police because one of the officers present was a senior officer he had “exposed” on his Breaking Barriers programme a week earlier.
Ishmael said the police physically manhandled him and gave a vivid description of the prisoners’ cell at the Chaguanas police station during his testimony.
Also testifying were three of the officers involved in the arrest. Sgt Larry David said he could not say if anyone had permission to be at the Guardian building, also admitting he received certain instructions from an inspector.
He claimed the men left the group at the Guardian building and started showing placards to drivers on the southbound lane of the highway before they were arrested. Rahim said he did not believe this evidence.
Representing the Attorney General was attorney Monica Smith. Ishmael and Partap were represented by attorneys Nigel Trancoso and Richard Jaggasar.
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